2023 Nitro RX Los Angeles | Baja Buggies Final - Friday

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[@matworpex]

Fun race, wish the announcers actually paid any attention to it. Price did do the joker lap for some reason. She didn't get the memo I guess.

[@KareemFloat]

seriously, i wish there was a casterless version. it's not hating on the dude personally, but man i wish jarod wasnt on damn near every motorsport stream out there. muting the vid only makes it sound like a tesla swap competition.

[@nathanpagetomasini]

😊

[@krait9964]

The "yuk-yuk" joking is inane and amateurish I agree.

[@gregwooldridge8864]

Best off road car ever built. Got mine when I was 13 yrs old. Now I'm 48 it still goes strong.

[@EnglertRacing96]

Not according to the land shark or a Mason truck lol....

[@edugj23]

This is the kind of thing that made the events more fun in the first season. Gotta do more of this, pay more attention to the lower classes to recover at least some of the hype from the early days.

[@syntheticskull4284]

Nowadays, old vw bugs still surprising me how cool and reliable cars are

[@muaythai193]

RWD RX & classic cars…you guys are KILLING it!!! Awesome!

[@fatman1288]

the electric crap needs to go!

[@markr4192]

so happy they have a bug class and what a fun race. but wait ... some of those paint jobs look like they may be more than 800.

[@PatricioGarcia1973]

I think he was talking about racing in Sweden/Finland he drives a 200hp Saab. You build a car, and in the rules it says a competitor can purchase the car for $800 so people don’t spend crazy amounts to win.

[@sandrinedefaux3290]

I just love to see these "old ladies" still racing today, especially when jumping in the dirt !

[@AngelRodriguez-kp7ug]

Super fun race with the bugs

[@10RRASK]

Oh I hope Class 11 becomes a regular class for 23-24 season. Wanna see these at ERX.

[@aslkdjfzxcv9779]

blake wilkey and donald cerrone?! awesome

[@aswarrior6365]

We need more classic car races.

[@dustymojave]

Some of the guys you see in this race, Donny Donovan, Josh Felix and Ryan Rodriguez are members of our race team. Blake Wilkey was referred to his engine guy Tim Sletten, who is an often part of our race team, by my son Warren and raced with our team for some time when he started with the Class 11 race Bug. Check the front of the light blue 1107 car of Donny Donovan, it has big lettering on the front hood that says "ORAF". That's a fab and prep shop in Apple Valley California run by our team mate Rulo Solano, the terror of Class 5/1600 Baja Bugs. Donny owns a small chain of board shops. Skate boards, snow boards and all sorts of related stuff. His crew brings a bunch of really cool vintage air cooled VWs to the races. Buses, Bugs, a double cab pickup, Westphalia campers, etc. The commentators are amazed at the suspension on these cars. They have beefier torsion springs than stock and use offroad race shocks, But for decades they raced on stock torsions and shocks that had to mount on the stock shock mounts, which still applies to the front shocks. They do not have limited slip differentials or traction control or AWD. No turbos or other supercharging. The tires are required to fit under the stock fenders. They have to have 2 seats and both occupied. Some racers in the class use early style swingaxle rear suspension, some use IRS with 4 CVs on the axles. All use stock Bug gearboxes with limited modifications.

[@CrowBelowCustoms]

Our boy Blake out there crushing it!! Long live Shreddy!!

[@10RRASK]

If anyone is gonna do good in a Beetle it better be him haha

[@bishopofrustyiron3101]

Awesome drone footage and flying!

[@uwu3130]

peak rallycross

[@joshhuffine4522]

Dude almost flipped the car, and they never even mentioned it!! You can hear the crowd react!

[@50buttfish]

The announcer is probably busy kissing a$$, and reporting on a specific driver.

[@archiebunker139]

Cute lady bug's 🐞🐞

[@dutchloveRC]

This was KOOL!!

[@nikoleigraham8747]

I LOVE the drone footage. Great job. Subscribed and liked. :)

[@Matrxmonky]

I had no clue. I'm a junior tech in LA and I had no clue. I would kill to work on a rally/baja bug.

[@michaelhamilton3778]

That’s a great division that should really really start taking off. Could you imagine 30 of those little bugs going at it on a track? Oh that’s a recipe for fun! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@dustymojave]

Taking off???? Class 11 is a SCORE racing class that's been around since the mid 1970s. Like 76 or 77. They race the Baja 1000, the Mint 400 and many other desert offroad races. Their very 1st event was on a longer course than this at Riverside Raceway. That was won by Mickey Thompson. The rules for the class have been upgraded some since then, but they are still essentially stock Bugs with very limited modifications allowed. They also raced at Glen Helen ( same guys with a longer course for the day races, but a similar short course track for the Friday Night and Saturday night races.

[@AngelRodriguez-kp7ug]

Love it love it, great series🍻🍺💪👍

[@Sandux930]

thata was some classic racing

[@abel_sounds]

Hell yea we need more of this

[@Lilmickcrocodiledundee0001]

Cowboy!!! That's awesome. Huge fan

[@losingmyfavoritegame8752]

This looks like lots of fun!

[@michaelmanese2228]

No Bug rolls Over‼️✌️😊

[@funhouse1077]

Looks awesome.

[@davidbzimm]

Great stuff! The people’s car!

[@calom4823]

They look to have realy good traction !

[@ruiromanracing534]

SALUDOS DESDE LA PAZ BCS MÉXICO... PURO TEAM RUÍROMAN 1163

[@MrCopCam]

Wow this is cool just found this video and definitely something i like old school Vws Bugs in the dirt jumping yes please 😂🤘🏽

[@andrewmarshall360]

I just love how fast they are going . What’s the displacement class ? Don’t give grandpa any ideas .

[@ajjohnston7779]

I want one!!!

[@dax2321]

they race this type of VW setup in the BaJa 1000

[@SAM-zt2uy]

How good do they sound and the drone footage is ace

[@F8Tributo]

That was actually interesting! Kinda different, kinda cool..

[@jamesbreedlove6396]

So freaking awesome

[@josephmatuszak3855]

Oh this is wild!!

[@frankovercrest2317]

lmao what. Awsome

[@JACKUS173]

hey , like my baja bug in grand turismo !!!! cool

[@jareknowak8712]

I have never seen it before and i already like it! What engines do they use, how much HP?

[@ericrhinehart722]

1600cc and 70 to 90 hp.

[@jareknowak8712]

@@ericrhinehart722 Thanks Eric!

[@brokenvessel4171]

Owned a 62, taking my wife to see an old roomate, she hollered out "TURN HERE!" We were going about 30 mph. So I cranked the wheel but when I went to counter steer, my shirt sleeve got cought on the turn signal. We squealed around the courner and she exclaimed, "WE WERE ON TWO WHEELS"! I calmly stated, nooooooo. When we got there I went around to let her out and there was a big gas trail all across the door. "Haaaa, guess we were on two wheels. Funnest car I ever owned. Could change the timing with a spark plug wrench and screwdriver.

[@qzwxecrv0192837465]

I love the $800 after race mandatory sell. Like they said, keeps entry level racing kinda fair. Nobody wants to dump $10k into a car then get $800.

[@chrishuyler3580]

James May covered this format ages ago for Top Gear. Lemons racing started out that way but quickly dropped the requirement. They even had a rule where people could vote to crush a car half-way through the race if they thought it was too cheaty.

[@tim5cad203]

SLUG BUG!!!!! No tag backs.

[@tg-offroad2625]

High Octane!

[@butchcassidy3373]

My neighbor has several nice bugs for sale if anybody wants one. He's been restoring bugs for years and always has several for sale.

[@jeff119990]

Go Papa Fernandos.

[@danilodanieldasilva2698]

Corrida Linda, Sou do Brasil e tenho um Beetle... Aqui, amamos os Beetle. Mas no Brasil o nome é "Fusca" !!! Congratulations

[@randall1959]

Late at night out in the shop my car does this in his dreams

[@culcune]

This is awesome! Where in L.A. was the race?

[@Elsuntan]

Glen Helen

[@michaelmanese2228]

Good thing, "Herbie" is not racing ⁉️😊❤️✌️

[@StormJunkies]

what are the entry fees? where can I got to see class details and specs?

[@mrsunshine8753]

Talk about the race while the race is going on and everything else after or before!!!!!!!!!!

[@jeancharlesrabaux5658]

C était la voiture de ma mere la jaunes acheter neuf en 72 1200 cc et ca fait le taf 👍😁

[@Capitainetoys]

Quelle dommage que ça n' existe pas en France 😢

[@latent4407]

Much better than electric cars!

[@despizedicon]

Cerrone is as good at racing as he was at fighting...ok at best. Yet people love him.

[@brianlhughes]

It's a whole pack of herbie's

[@ericrhinehart722]

More class 11 please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WvlfDarkfire]

My kinda racing

[@Justinhomii]

2:50 this man said internals on a 200hp build

[@pierrelaboom4026]

I have never heard about the rules. Stay tuned..

[@Wis3Ending]

1. Isle of Man TT 2. Nitro RX 3. Downhill Cheese Rolling

[@AlexandrePenido]

É uai!!!🤪

[@Roger-fs5yo]

Hey cool... For a minute I thought this was a video game🤣

[@hunterarcher550]

Does Travis Pastrana do anything other than drive. Like hunt, fish, maybe sit and watch TV

[@andreizwezdolet8622]

Советский опыт автокросса ...

[@nessie42786]

What are the class 11 engine rules. Are these just built 1600 type 1’s?

[@Kanrinin01]

you need to have a t1 1600 engine... That's all... lol, so you can do anything you want 100hp are a simple job on this engine

[@dylanhale7300]

Can we enter the bug class? I really want to try this?

[@lancephelps4871]

Hello all, good morning. This looks so cool and fun; however, I would like to know, could this be a RC rally race also? I think the Tamiya VW Beetle would be a great contender!! Two classes one 2wd (M-06 chassis) 4wd (MF-01X chassis) Let's just stay brushed for right now, closer competition! I love both full size and scale racing. Just a thought I had while I was having my morning coffee. Peace!!!

[@orangecrush5862]

Funny that I'm more excited to watch bugs with engines than those electric "cars"........

[@sand2sea]

sat was better by far…

[@SHAWNGAMINGHD]

Where's hernia the love bug? Lol

[@ronald8792]

My wife better realize I'm one nag away from joining the Affordable Racing Series.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Devore in San Bernardino, nothing to do wIth LA

[@mjriemen]

The announcer has never heard of a claimer rule? Its common among a lot of entry level auto racing

[@satchelh]

Claiming races have been in horse racing forever as well. Where have these guys been?

[@andyfrancis5277]

Great job of completely ignoring the race or talking about the cars

[@brianazmy3156]

Steven Hawkins could have called this race better. These guys showed absolutely no respect and this was the Final. Hopefully theirs as well.

[@MyHighHorse]

1:54 “Annnnnnd cut to camera so i can adjust my nuts.”

[@pierrelaboom4026]

Wow, wow! If you WIN, ,you LOSE!* * your car...

[@jonnyonwheels]

This is waaaay cooler than those freaking toy electric rally cars!

[@90leogf]

subtitles ? 🤔🤷‍♀

[@TBonerton]

Niteo RX Rally is souch better with gas cars. The electric was missing this raspy sound.

[@Kodi093]

I wish the announcer would shut up when the driver is trying to explain bout the rules and the car

[@caralho5237]

rallycross but for straight men

[@lizzydog5728]

To many commercials to watch this!

[@glb5053]

Its pronounced Ceron-knee. lol

[@scottl.1568]

Whut

[@grapebud]

Cool buggys but the commentaries are annoying as hell 🙄 They never shut up 🤮

[@dylanprice5397]

What is Donald cerrone doing here😂

[@mmaaddict78]

The announcers don’t even know how to pronounce his name lol

[@AndreLuiz-gk1mf]

Those drones film badly. Want to run the race? This lessens the feeling of speed and emotion. No need to run the circuit together. Bad images even make you dizzy 😵

[@spacepodi]

Fun race. Boring (non) commentary though.

[@afraid2crashrc]

I'd be a fun loving jet boat racer too, if I were RICH 😒 The only reason I clicked this is cause it DIDNT look like a bunch of richboi's running around, but, it still is...

[@keithrozeski8463]

Can't pronounce Cowboys name. What a joke

[@gregnelson8987]

The Baja Race is much more entertaining than those Electric POS' that they run. Put really gasoline engines in the Rally Cars. F electric woke cars.

[@willallen7757]

Bugs and buggies are fun to drive but thats a lame as race to watch.

[@916Motorsports]

Meh….

[@cameronheidelauf9623]

Herbie should be in that type of race 🏁 there 😂😂😅😅